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We survived careening down a hill into a lake in the monster Zorb Ball in our video for the Ultimate Thailand Explorer Competition! You can help by voting for us NOW and EVERY [...]
We are the Ultimate Thailand Explorers!
In one fleeting moment, our lives changed. As we were planning and building this Thailand Mania web site, provocative news flashed across our screen:
“The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is calling on all Internet savvy world travelers to enter the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition. Competitors get a free trip to Thailand and chance to win [...]
Get off the tourist track: Chiang Mai Charitable Tours/Projects
Visit the Glenn Croston House. A former London police officer and teacher, Glenn, and his Thai wife Rosjana, founded a home for kids from families seriously affected by drugs, HIV/AIDS and other diseases, abandoned kids or those with imprisoned parents, children aged 22 months to 15 years, who would have nowhere else to turn without [...]
Chiang Mai Night Market Or Sunday Walking Street: Don’t Miss Sunday!
When I first stumbled on this packed street in Chiang Mai, closed to traffic, with hundreds of stalls and a few thousand folks, I thought: “Wow, lucky me! A big festival!” (Well, it’s just one more splendid Chiang Mai routine that happens every Sunday from 3 to 10 PM.) “And it’s free!” (Well, with so [...]
Chiang Mai ToyRide Keeps Giving and Riding
The Chiang Mai ToyRide is not just about toys!
Netting over 200,000 baht, the 2009 Chiang Mai ToyRide (CMTR) annual charity motorcycle ride was a resounding success last January, and northern Thailand’s children in need continue to benefit from the funds raised through individual donations, business supporters, major sponsors and headline sponsors Tesco-Lotus, X-Centre, GT-Rider, Yamaha, [...]
The Official Ultimate Thailand Explorers Press Release
Calling all internet savvy world travelers: Enter the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition.
The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is calling on all Internet savvy world travelers to enter the Ultimate Thailand Explorers competition. Competitors get a free trip to Thailand and chance to win over $15,000 in cash and prizes.
The TAT invites travelers from around the [...]
Visit Chiang Mai? Why not live here!
In 2002 I gave, threw or packed away my worldly possessions and set off to possess the world – ten countries for starters. After two weeks in Hawaii, two more in China, and two months in Vietnam, Thailand was next. Bangkok was abysmally busy and terminally polluted. I wanted to visit Chiang Mai and went [...]
65 Reasons for Living in Thailand
I think about visiting the USA, but normally that’s as far as I get. I’d love to see my friends and family, but I’d miss the cost of living in Thailand.
My American friends have homes in town and cabins in the country with mortgages the size of the GNP of some Asian countries. For the [...]
